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Ulster Hall

Address: Bedford St., Golden Mile, Belfast
Phone: 028/9032-3900
www.ulsterhall.co.uk

Category: Arts/Performance Venues
Location: Belfast

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Fodor's Review:

The home of the Ulster Orchestra, and host to occasional rock concerts (one of the most famous was marked by Led Zeppelin's stage debut of the song "Stairway to Heaven" in March 1971), Ulster Hall was built as a ballroom in 1862. The hall was the venue for the political rallying of Nationalist politicians, among them Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-91) and Patrick Henry Pearse (1879-1916), before the Irish Republic was formed in 1921. There's also a splendid Mulholland Organ, a Victorian instrument of considerable size. The Hall closed for a £7.5 million refurbishment in spring 2007, and reopens in 2009 with a restored main hall, new back-of-house facilities, as well as upgrading of visitor amenities and of the Ulster Orchestra's headquarters. There's no charge for looking around when shows are not on.

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